An Englishman is never afraid of being laughed at. He just thinks the other fellow is a fool. But Americans still can't risk anybody laughing at them.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Don't ignore your dreams, in them your soul is awake and you are your true self.

And she loved the way he made her feel, the way her heart beat when he was near, the electricity she felt at his touch, and the nervous butterflies he always caused in her stomach.

The ultimate dream in life is to be able to do what you love and learn something from it.

I will feel equality has arrived when we can elect to office women who are as incompetent as some of the men who are already there.

Heaven wills our happiness, allows our doom.

It's a terrific privilege to be able to see into somebody else's life.

The greatest privilege of a human life is to become a midwife to the awakening of the Soul in another person.

I said last year, and I still believe there are the votes in the House to pass Death with Dignity legislation.

The eyes are the landing strip to the heart.

Revenge, the attribute of gods! They stamped it with their great image on our natures.